Immigration Then and Now: Causes, Consequences of the 1917 Immigration Act

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Join us for an engaging and interesting presentation on a 100-year-old immigration law and how it compares to current events surrounding immigration in the United States today.

Lee Willis, associate professor and chair of Department of History and International Studies at UW-Stevens Point, will speak about trends and reforms that led to the Immigration Act of 1917, which restricted immigration of so-called "undesirables" into the United States. He'll then compare and contrast the situation from a century ago to debates about immigration reform in 2017.